Two women who were the alleged victims of domestic violence at the hands of Dr. Dre have very different responses to his apology.
Dee Barnes and Michel’le had publicly spoken out about the former N.W.A. star’s film Straight Outta Compton, a biopic of the rap group, which left out any reference to his violent past.
Dee believes that what matters now is that Dre apologised, not why he did it.
In an article for Gawker she wrote: ‘I understand people’s apprehension. The stakes are high now and money talks, loud. Is this is a PR move by Universal, which released Straight Outta Compton? After all, the film just crossed the $100 million mark its second weekend in theaters.
‘Is it damage control by Apple, which can no longer ignore that if you take the ‘Beats by Dre’ logo and remove the ‘S,’ you get a double entendre describing several woman he just apologised to? Is Dre… Read the full story